Container for matches



Jua 24, 1923;- 1,462,971

S. A. LEANE CONTAINER FOR MATCHEB Filed May 16. 1921 |NVENTOR1 SidneyAlfred Leane Patented July 24, 1923.

UNITED STATES;

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I SIDNEY ALFRED LEANE, or FARRELLS FLAT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA,AUSTRALIA.

CONTAINER FOR MATCHES.

Application filed May 16, 1921. Seria1,I To. 470,130,:

..To all whom it may (50mm;

Beit known that I, SIDNEY ALFRED LEANE, a subject of His Majesty theKing of Great Britain, citizen of the Commonwealth of Australia,residing at Farrells Flat, in the State ofSouth Australia, in theCommonwealth of Australia, aforesaid, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Containers for Matches, of which the. followingis a specification.

My invention relates to an improved con tainer for matches the object ofthe same being to provide meanswhereby matches which havebeen used canbe replaced in the container without being mixed with unused matches. Mydevice can be applied to ordinary wooden match boxes as at present inuse or the invention'may be constructed as an ornamental case of metalor other suitable material.

It is well known that disastrous fires have been caused through thecareless throwing aside of ignited matches before they are properlyextinguished. The device which I have produced provides means wherebythe practice of putting the used matches into a place of safety can beeasily acquired without inconvenience.

For the purposes of my invention I provide within the match box a looseor intermediate false bottom which is accommodated within the matchdrawer and upon which the unused matches are packed and are exposed inthe ordinary way when the match.

box is opened.

On the underside of the match drawer and through the floor thereof Iform a recess, slot, or opening of sufficient size to enable a loosematch to be admitted between the said floor and the false movable bottomso that as each match is used itmay be insorted in the lower part of thedrawer between the bottom of the drawer and the false floor before thebox is closed.

But in order that my invention may be clearly understood I will nowdescribe the same by aid of the accompanying illustra tive drawingswherein Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a match box in a partially openposition as viewed from the top side.

Fig. 2 is an illustration of the underside of the drawer of the matchbox showingan used matches. g I

Fig, 3 isa view of the underside of :the drawer showing a singleopening.

opening at each end for the admissionof ig. 4; illustrates a portionv ofthe match box drawer showing amodificationof construction. i

Fig. 5 isasectionalelevationthrough the matchbox and drawer showingfalse bottom. In each of the illustrations similar letters of referenceare used to denote similar or corresponding parts wherever they occur.

In the drawings a is the top of the outer container of the match box, 6indicates the sides, and c the bottom. Thesides of the sliding drawerare'indicated at a? the ends ate, and the ordinary bottom of the slidingdrawer is shown at f, i

- Instead of the floor of the drawer extending over the whole area ofthe bottom it is formed with one or more openings 9 which may eitherextend right across the body of the drawer as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3or the opening may consist of a relatively small .hole as shown in Fig.4 which need not drawer in which it is accommodated. Be

fore the box is filled this false-floor rests upon the ordinary bottom fof the drawer and the matches are laid thereon in the ordinarymannerybut it may be desirable to refrain from packing the box tootightly. Whena match is withdrawn from the container and has beenignited, the partially consumed stub is replaced in the box by invertingthe box and pushing the stub through the opening 9 in the floor of thedrawer so that it is accommodated and re tained between the floor of thedrawer and the false bottom, each match taken from the top for useproviding for its readmise sion on the bottom side. By thismeans thereis great Certainty that the user will see thatthe match is properlyextinguished 1 before it is reinserted andit will not cause 5 anunsightly litter or in any way be a source of'dange'r as is the casewith matches carelessly thrown about.

IIL lJhG accompanying drawings I have shown my invention applied towooden match boxes as in ordinary use but 'it will of course beunderstood that substantially the same constructionalarrangement can beapplied to match boxes made of silver or Vot her material forpresentation purposes.

. The"lo0se" plate which forms the false bottom can be used as anadvertising medium if so desired. I

I Havingnowjparticularly described and I I declare that what I claim is:

"1. In an improvedcontainer for matches an opening-formed in the fixedfloor of'the match drawer said opening being of con- 2 5"veiiient"sizeand suitably placed to permit I of the insertion 'of a partiallyconsumed consumed matches ascertained the nature of my invention and '20in what-mannerthe same is'to be performed I I I I I I 'trated andfor the"pu pose-seer "forth as a mat ch, and a false bottom for said drawer,

substantially as described. 7

2. In an improved container for matches wherein an openin is formed inthe fixed floor of the match I of a partially consumed match a movableor false bottom. for the drawer of slightly less width and length than:the interior 50f the drawer for the purpose of supporting'unandseparating them from consumed matches which are inserted throughopening-"s in the floor of the drawer substantially as described and asindicat d in the drawings."

'3. The her'ein described -=imp vea "container for matches consisting ofan --outer caslng, a sliding drawer an lnterrnediateor gethersubstantially as described fand illuscombination of parts. j

drawer "for the admission false bottom, and holes form'edin the ll'oorof the drawer said parts being "arranged-tosignature.

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